Lesson 29 Taxi
Captain Ben Fawcett has bought a small Swiss aeroplane and uses it as a taxi.It is called a ‘Pilatus Porter’ .It can not only carry seven passengers,but can land anywhere also.Captain Fawcett has taken passengers to many strange places.He refused to fly a businessman to Rockall.The journey was too dangerous.(56 words)
Lesson 30 Football or polo
The writer sat by the river last Sunday.Some children were playing games nearby.One of the children kicked a ball hard and it went towards a passing boat.The man in the boat neither saw the ball nor heard people shouting.The ball hit the man and the children ran away.However,the man was not angry and he threw the ball back to the bank.(67 words)
Lesson 31 Success story?
Frank Hawkins was telling the writer about his experiences as a young man.Frank used to work in a small shop as a boy.He used to repair bicycles there.He bought his own shop in 1958 and he made spare parts for aeroplanes in his twenties.He employed a lot of people in a few years.His wife came into the room after a while.She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle.(68 words)
Lesson 32 Shopping made easy
A detective watched a well-dressed woman in a large store one Monday.She bought a few small articles and she chose an expensive dress.The assistant wrapped it up for her and the woman took it with her.She did not pay for it,so the detective arrested her.The assistant was her daughter.She gave her mother a free dress once a week.(60 words)
Lesson 33 Out of the darkness
The girl set out from the coast one afternoon and was caught in a storm.Her boat struck a rock,so she jumped into the sea.She swam eight miles that night.She reached the shore early next morning.She had seen a light high up on the cilffs and she cllimbed up.She found herself in hospital a day later.(55 words)
Lesson 34 Quick work
Dan Robinson was worried.He had received a letter from the local police.Yesterday he went to the station.He is not worried any more.The police have found his bicycle.Dan was not only surprised but amused as well.His bicycle was stolen twenty years ago.He was fifteen then.(44 words)
Lesson 35 Stop thief!
Roy is finding his new job as a bus driver exciting.He saw two thieves in Catford Street recently.They were running out of a shop and Roy drove his bus straight at them,so they dropped the stolen money and got into a car.Roy drove his bus into the back of their car then and damaged it.Afte this he telephoned the police.Both men were arrested later.(64 words)
Lesson 36 Across the Channel
Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow.She is eleven and she is a strong swimmer.Debbie has been trained by her father.He will follow her in a small boat.Debbie's mother will be waiting on the English coast.She swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.(49 words)
Lesson 37 The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time,so the government will be putting up new buildings just outside the capital.Kurt Gunter has designed the buildings and workers will have completed the new stadium by the end of next year.The Games will be held in this country for the first time and we are looking forward to them.(62 words)
Lesson 38 Everything except the weather
The writer's friend,Harrison,had spent many years in the Mediterranean,but he wanted to retire in England so he bought a house in the country.The summer that year was very bad and he complained about the weather.In the end Harrison not only sold the house but also left the country.(48 words)
Lesson 39 Am I all right?
Dr.Millington refused to tell his patient,Mr.John Gilbert,whether his operation had been successful.The next day the patient telephoned Dr.Millington and inquired about a certain patient,Mr.John Gilbert.The doctor answered a number of questions about the patient and then asked whether the caller was a relative.The caller then told him who he was.(50 words)
Lesson 40 Food and talk
The writer sat beside Mrs.Rumbold at the dinner party.He tried to make comversation,but she was busy eating.He talked about the new play at 'The Globe' and about the holidays.She answered his questions briefly.Then he asked her if she was enjoying her dinner and she answered that if he have eaten morn and talked less,they would both have a good dinner.(63 words)